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Decorative typography with wine cork

2016-03-08

Decorative typography with wine cork

Don’t be shy about the size of the letter, go big! Smaller letters end up being overwhelmed by the corks, plus bigger letters leave more room to fit the corks naturally. And please, whatever you do, don’t cut the corks to make them fit. It just looks tacky. Either leave some of the wood exposed or go over the edge a little. I experienced both of those scenarios in this project and still love the end results.

Materials Needed:

1/2? thick unpainted Baltic Birch wood letter, I’m using a 22? tall “&” in the American Typewriter font. If you need help picking a font and size contact our customer service team via sales@craftcuts.com

Hot glue

A ton of corks, I used 357! If you need help growing your collection check with local restaurants or wine bars to see if they will save some for you.

Hint: Pick Out Fat & Skinny Corks

These will be a staple in placing the corks. With almost every batch you will find yourself needing either a skinny one or a fat one to fill the space correctly so it is much easier to already have a pile of them separated out.

Getting Started

This step is super important and you will need to repeat it over and over. Don’t just start gluing corks down! You will want to work in batches to ensure you have the best placement for each cork. I first started with placing 11 corks onto the letter.

Hot Glue Time

Once I liked how they fit I carefully removed the corks one by one, applied the hot glue and put them back in place. A dab of glue about the size of a pencil eraser is plenty.

Long Haul

Now that I got it started, I worked in batches of 3-4 corks. Placing them on the letter, making sure I liked how they looked and then glued them in place.

It’s Not Gonna Be Perfect Every Time

You can see in this photo that I had to go over the edge of the letter a little to make them fit. No big deal, no one is going to notice since they will be too busy gawking at your gorgeous cork letter.

Still Not Perfect

Here is a spot that the corks weren't quite wide enough to hide all the wood, again no big deal. The blonde color of the wood matches the color of the cork anyways.

Personalize It

I lined up these two corks as hint to my husband and I. I turned one M on its side to make an E for Eric. You can also add your own personalized touches with a brown fine tipped pen (black stands out too much). I like to make notes on our corks from the wines we drank on special occasions. Even something as simple as writing a 5 on the cork from the wine on your 5th anniversary will make you smile for years to come.

Done!

You cork letter is now complete. Take a few moments to remove the hot glue webs that have accumulated.

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